How to Make Fairy Dust: Black Magic Glitter Potion
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(host) Here's what you'll need to make this magical craft: a big mixing bowl. I'm going to use this stone one here. A glass vial with a stopper...
(Describer) It's cork.
a spoon. You will also need a funnel. You will need a 1/4 cup of black glitter, 2 tablespoons of dark blue glitter, 2 tablespoons of a superfine onyx glitter. You will need 2 tablespoons of a purple superfine glitter, 2 tablespoons of a robin's egg superfine glitter; and, last, you will need 2 tablespoons of a glow-in-the-dark superfine glitter. Take your 1/4 cup of black glitter and pour it into your mixing bowl.
(Describer) She pours the glitter from a glass tube, which she taps on the edge of the bowl.
[clinking]
Then, take your dark blue glitter and pour it into your mixing bowl as well.
(Describer) She pours it from another tube.
Go ahead and pour in your superfine purple glitter...
(Describer) It's finer than the previous two.
and your superfine onyx glitter.
(Describer) It's black with a slight gray cast to it.
And because it looks really fun to pour these two together, we're going to pour in the robin egg blue superfine glitter and the glow-in-the-dark superfine glitter at the same time. Because why not?
(Describer) She pours in both of them.
And I'm sure you know what comes next after that. Grab your spoon and mix up your fairy dust.
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(Describer) She mixes slowly and thoroughly.
(Describer) The lighter colors of blue and the off-white in the glow-in-the-dark glitter contrast with the darker colors. The resulting mixture is mostly dark purple.
(Describer) Later...
And onward to my favorite part. Take the top off of your glass vial and stick your funnel into the top of your vial. Make sure you don't have any dog hairs on your vial.
(Describer) She picks some off.
There we go. And using your spoon, funnel some of that Halloween-hued black magic fairy dust into your vial.
(Describer) She spoons the mixture into the funnel and it falls into the round body of the vial. Tiny pumpkins and pine cones sit nearby on loosely-woven burlap.
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(Describer) Black, blue and purple tones sparkle as the glitter slowly fills the glass.
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(Describer) When it's filled, she puts a cork in the vial and waves a wand.
Voilà! That is how you make a black magic fairy dust potion just in time for Halloween.
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This tutorial will teach viewers how to make a magic potion full of "black magic" fairy dust. It glitters like the stars in the midnight sky.
Media Details
Runtime: 2 minutes 43 seconds
- Topic: Arts
- Subtopic: Arts, Crafts, Hobbies
- Grade/Interest Level: 3 - 8
- Release Year: 2016
- Producer/Distributor: Brittany Adams
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